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| คนไทยเรียนภาษาไทยกลับหัวกลับหาง คือเราเรียนที่จะเขียนให้ถูกหลักภาษาก่อน แล้วจึงอ่าน ก่อนพูดและฟัง khohnM thaiM riianM phaaM saaR thaiM glapL huaaR glapL haangR kheuuM raoM riianM theeF jaL khiianR haiF thuukL lakL phaaM saaR gaawnL laaeoH jeungM aanL gaawnL phuutF laeH fangM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | คน-ไท-เรียน-พา-สา-ไท-กฺลับ-หัว-กฺลับ-หาง-คือ-เรา-เรียน-ที่-จะ-เขียน-ไฮ่-ถูก-หฺลัก-พา-สา-ก่อน-แล้ว-จึง-อ่าน-ก่อน-พูด-และ-ฟัง |
| IPA | kʰon tʰaj riːan pʰaː sǎː tʰaj klàp hǔːa klàp hǎːŋ kʰɯː raw riːan tʰîː tɕàʔ kʰǐːan hâj tʰùːk làk pʰaː sǎː kɔ̀ːn lɛ́ːw tɕɯŋ ʔàːn kɔ̀ːn pʰûːt lɛ́ʔ faŋ |
| Royal Thai General System | khon thai rian phasa thai klap hua klap hang khue rao rian thi cha khian hai thuk lak phasa kon laeo chueng an kon phut lae fang |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "Thais learn [their] Thai language backward: we learn to write correctly first, then we [learn] to read before we learn to speak and aurally comprehend." | ||
| components | คนไทย  | khohnM thaiM | Thai person; Thai people |
เรียนภาษาไทย | riianM phaaM saaR thaiM | to study the Thai language | |
| กลับหัวกลับหาง | glapL huaaR glapL haangR | backward; in an inverse manner; putting the cart before the horse | |
 คือ | kheuuM | [copula] to be; (conjunction used for equivalence definitions) | |
| เรา | raoM | we; us; our | |
| เรียน | riianM | to study at the elementary school level; study at any academic level | |
| ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronouns] that; which; which is... | |
| จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
| เขียน | khiianR | to write; to draw | |
| ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
| ถูก | thuukL | [is] true; correct; right; conforming | |
| หลัก | lakL | basis; foundation; principle; maxim; doctrine; tenet | |
| ภาษา | phaaM saaR | language(s); speech; idiom; tongue; lingo; understanding; words | |
| ก่อน | gaawnL | before; earlier; time gone by; prior to; in advance of; ahead of time; previously; formerly; initially; beforehand; firstly; first; now; ago | |
| แล้ว | laaeoH | [positioned at the beginning of a clause indicating the ordering of events or agreement with main clause] next; then; afterwards; so; finally; and | |
| จึง | jeungM | thus; therefore; so | |
| อ่าน | aanL | to read; <subject> reads | |
| ก่อน | gaawnL | before; earlier; time gone by; prior to; in advance of; ahead of time; previously; formerly; initially; beforehand; firstly; first; now; ago | |
| พูด | phuutF | to speak; to talk; to say | |
| และ | laeH | and | |
| ฟัง | fangM | to listen; listen to | |
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